Spy for a Day
1940 British film
- 27 April 1940 (1940-04-27) (UK)
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Spy for a Day is a 1940 British comedy thriller film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Douglas Wakefield, Paddy Browne and Jack Allen.[1] The screenplay concerns a British farmer who is abducted by the Germans during World War I.
Premise
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
Cast
- Douglas Wakefield as Sam Gates
- Paddy Browne as Martha Clowes
- Jack Allen as Captain Bradshaw
- Albert Lieven as Captain Hausemann
- Nicholas Hannen as Colonel Pemberton
- Gibb McLaughlin as Colonel Ludwig
- Allan Jeayes as Colonel Roberts
- Alf Goddard as Sergeant Bryan
- George Hayes as Corporal Boehme
- Eliot Makeham as Trufit
- Hay Petrie as Britt
- O. B. Clarence as Medical Officer
References
- ^ BFI.org
External links
- Spy for a Day at IMDb
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Films directed by Mario Zampi
- 13 Men and a Gun (1938)
- Spy for a Day (1940)
- The Phantom Shot (1947)
- The Fatal Night (1948)
- Come Dance with Me (1950)
- Shadow of the Past (1950)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951)
- Top Secret (1952)
- I Chose Love (1953)
- Happy Ever After (1954)
- Now and Forever (1956)
- The Naked Truth (1957)
- Too Many Crooks (1959)
- Bottoms Up (1960)
- Five Golden Hours (1961)
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